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9.0
99620
9.0 |
musicOMH
The future is bright, but also unremittingly bleak. Just as she would want it
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9.0
99711
9.0 |
The 405
The instrumental tracks dance around Wolfe’s soaring vocals and ultimately collide with them perfectly to create a collection of songs that are a joy to listen to
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8.9
100260
8.9 |
Paste Magazine
The sound of Wolfe perfecting her formula
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8.5
99531
8.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Each track makes sense, each movement, as wild and caustic as many of them are, loosely adheres to a rigorous internal logic
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8.3
99525
8.3 |
Earbuddy
Chelsea Wolfe delivers big rock songs on her intense sixth album
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8.0
99527
8.0 |
Slant Magazine
The expansive Hiss Spun marks the most cohesive iteration of Wolfe’s sound to date, as she weathers life’s uproars by overcoming the claustrophobia of simply being present within dark, interior spaces
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8.0
99528
8.0 |
Exclaim
Listening to Hiss Spun is a punishing affair, but it's a rewarding one too. It's the sound of an artist not afraid to dig deep emotionally, and that challenges the listener to do so as well
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8.0
99520
8.0 |
The Skinny
Hopefully Hiss Spun is the album that transcends Chelsea Wolfe into superstardom
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8.0
99523
8.0 |
Loud And Quiet
Fans may have been left wondering how Wolfe would follow up a record as powerful and bleak as 2015s ‘Abyss’, but her fifth studio album ‘Hiss Spun’ is likely to become regarded as her most experimental and epic outing to date
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8.0
99548
8.0 |
Uncut
A beautiful paradox of angsty noise and beguiling craft. Print edition only
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8.0
99562
8.0 |
The FT
An album that proceeds to grip hard over the course of its subsequent 11 tracks
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8.0
99618
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Probably won't end up as the best of her career, it may well be Wolfe's best so far
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8.0
99768
8.0 |
State
Chelsea Wolfe presents a dark, gothic underworld and it is one worth the exploration
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8.0
100361
8.0 |
Mojo
A suitable soundtrack fro this 'burning planet', as Static Hum puts it. Print edition only
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8.0
99940
8.0 |
PopMatters
Continues to aggressively pursue metal and industrial music, and it makes for an enrapturing listen all the way through
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7.2
99863
7.2 |
Pitchfork
Dives headfirst into sludge metal and creates a unique space where sweetness can be heavy and contact is always uncomfortable
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7.0
99697
7.0 |
The Quietus
While it would be folly to cast even a shred of doubt on Wolfe’s commitment, integrity and emotional candour, on passages here they are submerged or silenced by the pursuit of ever-bigger sonic highs
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7.0
102343
7.0 |
Punk News
Chelsea Wolfe, while emulating the slower tempos and sludgier sounds associated with doom metal, has altered the game a bit with the gorgeous melodies, evocative vocals, and musical arrangements that run rampant on Hiss Spun
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6.0
99524
6.0 |
Spectrum Culture
Pushes Wolfe’s music to its darker and heavier limits
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6.0
99522
6.0 |
The Irish Times
It takes some listening to absorb and even more to appreciate, but this idiosyncratic concoction is oddly intoxicating
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5.8
99526
5.8 |
A.V. Club
Even with the odd experiment or sonic transition, Chelsea Wolfe isn’t letting off the accelerator enough for listeners to appreciate the nuance
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